Israel’s military advantage over Hezbollah and Hamas no longer the same: Analysis
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- Rami Khoury says Hezbollah, with its release of a surveillance video of Haifa in Israel, is sending the message that the group’s capabilities “continue to expand, become more sophisticated”, and more able to “penetrate through Israeli defence systems”.
“This has been a steady process,” Khoury, a professor at the American University of Beirut, told Al Jazeera, adding that the same thing was happening with Hamas.
“Their abilities have expanded to the point where the old advantage that Israel had over both of them in technology and heavy weaponry, air superiority and all of those things, has been whittled down.”
He said the consequences of this were evident in Gaza where despite tens of thousands of Palestinians being killed, Israeli forces have not been able to “eliminate Hamas’s capacity to continue fighting”.
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Iron dome has retired and became anti-Semitic😅
Lol
Fact
I talked to Allah last night. He told me in a dream, he couldn't save any of yall
@@fncyfritobanditohigh on meth?
@@fncyfritobandito keep barking it won't return the "iron dome" back from retirement 😗😗😗😗
Israel never had any military advantage. Israel had the US and NATO systems defending it
Spoken like a bewildered Egyptian after the 1967 war . Israel is one of the most technically advanced nations in the world and European and US companies have clamoured to buy into their developments including the air defence systems.
@@georgerobartes2008 Egyptian said we were fighting Americans not Zionists loooool and if they re advanced and don't need USA uk help etc like u said why bibi idiots yesterday is crying for more weapons from USA ... One day they curse USA one day they cry for help ... Zionists
@@georgerobartes2008 USA literally funds them.
@georgerobartes2008 You speak like a brain-dead Zionist zombie. Only these apes still think Israel had fought its own wars 🙄
@@georgerobartes2008it’s a hoax. They want people to think Israel is strong and super advanced.
The reality is it’s been nearly a year and they cannot wipe Hamas out and cannot fight hezbollah at the same time.
Most of their army are normal people. Not trained.
Don’t let the media and normal info out there fool you. The Palestinian people will be victorious over their oppressors. This is inevitable.
Hezbollah is not the same army like 20 years ago. Also it is not unarmed women and children.
And so is Israel so relax
@@juliussafari686 from the river to the sea.
@@juliussafari686 . fighting unarmed women and children? What did you think that post meant?
I hope you won't cry genocide when the war starts
@@hazelem1266 Palestine will be free
Garbage! They have no advantage, other than Sleepy Joe to the rescue.
You have been asleep I think
🤣🤣🤣Arabs are delusional.
Well, seems like having Sleepy Joe on your side, is an advantage. Because America has sent billions of dollars and about 250,000 tons of weapons to Israel during this war.
They never had any advantage. Only from US and NATO.😅😅😅😅
Is that why you people lost so badly , remember 5 day war 😂😂😂
The speaker of their parliament said the israeli protester are " hamas" now the iron dome has also joined "khamas".
without the lies, Palest*ne dies
Its an open air prison.
it’s an an oasis of freedom
there’s mass starvation
now NOW, a Research from Colombia university says there's no starvation, despite what the international Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations
Now UN Panel Says Data Lacking to Determine Whether Famine Exists in Northern Gaza
Israeli who rescued hostages need to wear uniforms
Ham*s never wears uniforms
Ham*s is aligned with LGBTQ on campuses worldwide
Ham*s k*lls gays in Gaza
35,000 Gazans k*lled
0 Ham*s militants
Now UN published only identified fatalities admitting large number are made up by Ham*s. Women & children 50% less then Ham*s claimed
There’s not enough food going in
Ham*s has made 500 million from stealing Aid and selling it back into the market
Palest*nians are natives
Palest*nians are Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula
there's no P sound in Arabic so why would they name themselves with a word that doesn't exist in their native language
G*za is a democracy
G*za has not held elections for 16 years
There's a genocide in G*za
G*zan population is 4x bigger over the last few decades
1,400 years of Arab colonial supremacy and jihad in the middle east suggests this is central component to the faith (not a reaction to the Israel)
Ham*s violence is a reaction to Islam desire to colonize and subjugate anyone who is not musl*m
Israel defends itself and it accused of genocide anyways
The Nakba was when Jews forced Arabs to leave their homes
The Nakba was when ARAB armies told the local Arabs to leave their homes so they could come in and k*ll all the Jews and prevent them from creating a nation
truth = The Nakba is a rebranding of a lost war from the aggressor (ARABS), to be portrayed as a victim in hopes of one day overturning the lost
Sabrina, you are hilarious.🤣🤣😂😂
Free Palestine! 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
without the lies, Palest*ne dies
Its an open air prison.
it’s an an oasis of freedom
there’s mass starvation
now NOW, a Research from Colombia university says there's no starvation, despite what the international Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations
Now UN Panel Says Data Lacking to Determine Whether Famine Exists in Northern Gaza
Israeli who rescued hostages need to wear uniforms
Ham*s never wears uniforms
Ham*s is aligned with LGBTQ on campuses worldwide
Ham*s k*lls gays in Gaza
35,000 Gazans k*lled
0 Ham*s militants
Now UN published only identified fatalities admitting large number are made up by Ham*s. Women & children 50% less then Ham*s claimed
There’s not enough food going in
Ham*s has made 500 million from stealing Aid and selling it back into the market
Palest*nians are natives
Palest*nians are Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula
there's no P sound in Arabic so why would they name themselves with a word that doesn't exist in their native language
G*za is a democracy
G*za has not held elections for 16 years
There's a genocide in G*za
G*zan population is 4x bigger over the last few decades
1,400 years of Arab colonial supremacy and jihad in the middle east suggests this is central component to the faith (not a reaction to the Israel)
Ham*s violence is a reaction to Islam desire to colonize and subjugate anyone who is not musl*m
Israel defends itself and it accused of genocide anyways
The Nakba was when Jews forced Arabs to leave their homes
The Nakba was when ARAB armies told the local Arabs to leave their homes so they could come in and k*ll all the Jews and prevent them from creating a nation
truth = The Nakba is a rebranding of a lost war from the aggressor (ARABS), to be portrayed as a victim in hopes of one day overturning the lost
@@lsophial without the lies, Palest*ne dies
Its an open air prison.
it’s an an oasis of freedom
there’s mass starvation
now NOW, a Research from Colombia university says there's no starvation, despite what the international Criminal Court (ICC) and the United Nations
Now UN Panel Says Data Lacking to Determine Whether Famine Exists in Northern Gaza
Israeli who rescued hostages need to wear uniforms
Ham*s never wears uniforms
Ham*s is aligned with LGBTQ on campuses worldwide
Ham*s k*lls gays in Gaza
35,000 Gazans k*lled
0 Ham*s militants
Now UN published only identified fatalities admitting large number are made up by Ham*s. Women & children 50% less then Ham*s claimed
There’s not enough food going in
Ham*s has made 500 million from stealing Aid and selling it back into the market
Palest*nians are natives
Palest*nians are Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula
there's no P sound in Arabic so why would they name themselves with a word that doesn't exist in their native language
G*za is a democracy
G*za has not held elections for 16 years
There's a genocide in G*za
G*zan population is 4x bigger over the last few decades
1,400 years of Arab colonial supremacy and jihad in the middle east suggests this is central component to the faith (not a reaction to the Israel)
Ham*s violence is a reaction to Islam desire to colonize and subjugate anyone who is not musl*m
Israel defends itself and it accused of genocide anyways
The Nakba was when Jews forced Arabs to leave their homes
The Nakba was when ARAB armies told the local Arabs to leave their homes so they could come in and k*ll all the Jews and prevent them from creating a nation
truth = The Nakba is a rebranding of a lost war from the aggressor (ARABS), to be portrayed as a victim in hopes of one day overturning the lost
haha
One of the biggest issues with occupiers and colonial empires is the massive imbalance in power and technology. The simple reason we don't have a ceasefire is because two nations out of hundreds don't feel they need one. We in the US continue to send weapons because we can, and Israel continues to do whatever they want to do with them because they can.
They've basically told the world, "who can or will stop us?" But we will cry terror when someone actually does. That's the power of owning all the media: the narrative is set by them and most people buy right into it. But have those people switch places with the minority power and see how quickly their thinking changes.
Thanks
Why should Israel agree to a ceasefire? No reason for them.
The US could not get the Vietnamese to submit.
The US could not get the Iraqis to submit.
The US could not get the Afghanis to submit.
What makes israel think that Palestinians will submit?
Long live the Resistance.
@@sayjustwordstome Yes only thing that will work is that if Biden keeps feeding weapons and money to Israel, he is likely to loose the election. Right now, both Trump and Biden are looking voters rapidly over the genocide
@@hitreset0291 well, right now the resistance seems to be dying. Why else would Palestinians beg for a ceasefire?
Netanyahu buttcher never ends the war for his own political survival
He killing his own people too.
Don't blame a person, entire biblical theocracy believes in what he does but the different is in the strategy,they want it to be done but not this way.
Take off the aluminum hat
Son of God does not mean that God has a child in Christianity!
*what a mistake in the Qur'an!*
*what a mistake in the Qur'an!*
Allah himself testifies that he has a son and he is the son as Christians understand it! Only the Koran writer was too ignorant to know what Son of God means! Allah's word which created everything is Allah himself too! *The Word Allahs which created everything is the Son of God according to Christianity!*
Everything has an end.
😂isreal so called Iron dome sleeping in bunker😂
The nylon foam is a robbery of taxes by the yankee warpigs.
Media and our fear makes them super power.
When they respond you will cry.
😂😂😂😂@@Harambain
@@Harambainits really hard time for isreal suppoters
Why do Americans think Hamas to follow all the tames more than the Israelis. What double standard is America using?
They know they can’t control the terror state Isntreal
Has nothing to do with double standards. America has always had a procedure to deal with terrorist.
This war is reaching a stage where the other side is slowly gaining an upperhand. Netanyahu is not willing to give up because of the repercussion for him.
Yes, the Palis are gaining the upperhand.
That's why they are screaming for a ceasefire.
You sad clown.
Wake me when that happens will you?
@@jonnyh9388is Jonny boy upset?? 😢?? 🤣🤣
The entire existence of modern israel is based/depending on foreign support. How did anyone ever had the idea they were on their own???
Hochstein was born in Israel, the child of American Jewish immigrants. A dual U.S.-Israel national, he served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a tank crewman prior to moving to Washington.[13] He was a foreign policy adviser to Democratic Party members of the U.S. government House Foreign Affairs Committee from 1994 to January 2001.
Yep, Israel needs to stop genocide and give Palestinians the right to profit from their oil and gas resources. They could build their own holiday resorts on the coast and profit from the Trade Route.
😂😂😂😂
They are far to selfish and spiteful to grant them their resources even their lives,and their children how still leave them in peace.
talked to Allah last night. He told me in a dream, he wasn't saving any of you
@@mogamadgreyson143 Demons
@@fncyfritobandito When I talk to Allah, he tells me to be patient, events will turn around when they least expect it. Those resorts are destined to be Atlantis. Read Revelation
If so, why are over 80,000 northern Israeli people displaced in hotels .If your defense ironclad, what would be the need.
I think there is no such thing as hermetic defense systems.
Israel can never be a safe place for Jews as what the Zionists claim.
Israel doesn't want to turn it's people into human shields.
🤣🤣🤣You are not very bright are you.
Mam-ur1
Coming from you? 🤡🤣
Iron Dome is now part of Humus
Did the Israelis suffer many casualties because the Iron Dome didn't work against Hezbollah?
Yet @@carrerau7138
Palestinian and libanon stay strong they're fight for freedom.
For what reason
@@MusaTouray-yo6dr he just told you what reason you tool
They are fighting for a lot.
Freedom is the last thing, though.
@carrerau7138
Their land is occupied. Which means you fight to get freedom. Dont act like you know what you talk about but missing basic things
@@mitnrkan9061Lebanon is not Hezbollah. 😂
Iron hole, isreali invincible ghost found out to be of paper.
The iron dome is now anti Semitic 😂
it's 'hiding behind civilians'..
Iron dome is now supporting Hamas
well stated ! 👍
Israel is falling down, falling down, falling down.
Israel is falling down, Haredi not happy
As long as the Haredis can study Torah or actually Gemara aka Talmud, everything is okay...
Abdul you been saying that for the last 76 years, Israel is not going anywhere they are there to stay either you like or not
Abdul, Allah isn't saving you.
@@fncyfritobanditoaccording to bibiyahoo isn’t it 🤣
@@tekivakatini26the Jewish people said they wanted a homeland in the middle East..... A region inhabited by a people you hate. Why don't the Jewish people create a safe homeland among the white europeans or Americans they now call their best friends????
I am trying to understand why the Jewish people claim they are a western people but live in the middle East??? If you want to be a western people, why not live in Europe and America??? I am certain they won't mind having you there
Iron dumb 😂😂
Allah isn't helping any of you, huh
Allah has left Palestine alone
@@fncyfritobandito you cant get enough diapers huh?? you crying all over the comment section
Impartial mediator? Are we dreaming here?
If we want actual PEACE in the region, ALL Western Nations need to be excluded from any resolution.
Hochstein was born in Israel, the child of American Jewish immigrants. A dual U.S.-Israel national, he served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a tank crewman prior to moving to Washington.[13] He was a foreign policy adviser to Democratic Party members of the U.S. government House Foreign Affairs Committee from 1994 to January 2001.
@@DeannThomas-le2ut They count on people ignorance because we are trying to address the challenges of work and life and we not have the time to check on things. So thank you for sharing this info. Outrageous mockery of mediation and diplomacy
israel is the old man on the chair behind the curtain in the original wizard of oz movie ALL ILLUSION FAST BECOMING UNRAVELED AND TRULY SEEN FOR WHAT IT IS ....FREE PALESTINE AND RESPECTS TO GLOBAL SOUTH
It takes a village or 80 villages to hide 120 Hostages
The pride of the reckless breeds conflict, but wisdom lies in those who listen to advice.
check mate
Israel: *turns the table
Lol have you looked at gaza!?
@@ariellevy3074 what do you mean by that?
@@fabio4465 Israel get mad
@@ariellevy3074what’s your point? Anyone can push a button from the sky and demolish buildings, do you call that winning?!
...they evolving and Israel is no longer the big bad wolf they have become prey and don't even know it being so arrogant....
Interesting development.
with 150,000 plus rockets bombs and drones Israel should be really concerned. They stopped attacking Iran so deterrence works but hey Israeli govt is not normal
if this image is true I think Israel's defence system is fake but able to down only Hamas-made missile
If its fake, how can it down hamas made rockets? And isnt their very purpose to down hamas made rockets?
Like they can stop the truth! Of loserism!
ya, izrohell is big nose loser w/o the help of Zioamerica, europe, etc............they don't know what shame is.
You imagine what Iran can do
Resistance to occupation = Fighting injustice = Worshipping God alone = Islamic faith = The Holy Quran = The Word of God = Eternity
Thank you
your enemy is let you now what he can do
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Let's see whether the British will support parties on July 4th who support Israel or Hamas.
Vote Workers Party. George Galloway!!
@@mitnrkan9061 How is the weather today in St. Petersburg, Yevgeni?
Anyone can fly a drone
genius from H
OMG, Where's Iron Dome?
It operates on lies. Just like the rest of Isnotreal.
Its the thunderdome now
It become antisemtic and moved to support Hamas
Fake Media and our's useless fear makes them super power..
Now they identify as captus
You are the one who made me realize the truth... To know what is right.. first know what is wrong... Thanks for everything.❤❤
😀😀 still trusting u s they’re main responsible for this mess
Rami Khouri must return to Lebanon to receive the Israeli response
No need. There are human shields used by the zios in Haifa.
See their foolishness, they will be crying soon.
Usual hubris; same bravado merchants will start wailing ''ceasefire''.
Amos 9:8-15
[8]See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.
[9]For see, I will give orders, and I will have Israel moved about among all the nations, as grain is moved about by the shaking of the tray, but not the smallest seed will be dropped on the earth.
[10]All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or come face to face with us.
[11]In that day I will put up the tent of David which has come down, and make good its broken places; and I will put up again his damaged walls, building it up as in the past;
[12]So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.
[13]See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.
[14]And I will let the fate of my people Israel be changed, and they will be building up again the waste towns and living in them; they will again be planting vine-gardens and taking the wine for their drink; and they will make gardens and get the fruit of them.
[15]And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.
Thanks
You should not missrepresent basic realities, like the ratio of strength between the parties involved.
Israel can do nothing alone, lol. They lost in 2006 and cant even beat kHamas
Mathias you should worry more about Europe or USA. Leave Palestine and the middleeast to the natives!
Why don't they investigate PORKFOOT?
great I can see my Auntie shaking her hand in Haifa, I will inform her it was not a friendly drone
We will know for sure when the dust settles
لا الہ الا اللہ و اللہ اکبر _
لا الہ الا اللہ و اللہ اکبر _
لا الہ الا اللہ و اللہ اکبر _
---------_________٫---------٫_________
Looks like someone was playing City Skylines 2
What does it say about their capabilities when they are making their own drones and missles?
If America was serious why send;
***Hochstein was born in Israel, the child of American Jewish immigrants. A dual U.S.-Israel national, he served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a tank crewman prior to moving to Washington.[13] He was a foreign policy adviser to Democratic Party members of the U.S. government House Foreign Affairs Committee from 1994 to January 2001.
Free palestine 🇵🇸
Sand box anyone?!
this is a definition of a social buble. You live your own reality.
She looks like Candace Owen
We use to get blown to bits like that as well. People just dont remember
Right at the beginning of the video: *_HAMDAH!_* ... :)
Theyre playing the good and bad cop..... theyre pushing the good ending into maximum extent (permanent peace deal), and theyre pushing the bad ending into maximum (we can reach you in your homes)
Those drones are able to carry bombs or warheads that can contain biological, chemical, or nuclear material.
Advantage? So far we haven't see any results of this advantage
Every day war is moving towards nuclear war.but one is stopping.
Xasbolahh!
Nahh, nothing will happen.
When the Enemy of Palestine thinks They are Invisible and Invincible and their Opponent is A Caveman!
Backfired 😂
Free pillestine inshallah ❤
Aljezera still celebrating video 😂😂
Israel has USA and European weapons. What we talking about
Babylon is falling
The US colonial project in the middle east is coming to a close.
Even if you are in mortuary... you will say that you have won.
A still not going nothing
A fun-fact: every comment on pro-israel channels, which are not positive for idf are completly blocked or deleted. So dont wonder if you cant see any comments like those 😂😂
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Iron doom has retired and become anti-Israeli 😂😂😂
Wow'
The Iranian missile and drone attack proved that Israel's air defence is ostensibly in the hands of the Americans and, to a lesser extent, NATO forces.
Iron dome 😂
Could it be a local drone in Israel that relay the video over to Hezbollah? What is the prroof here?
Recruitment is off the charts since October 7
How so and which side
That goes for both sides. The entire world is now Palestine.
In fact, far more people are now aligned with Palestine, but also specifically AGAINST Israel. Israel is simply eviI.
@@Dominic_Amoe😂😂😂 are you kidding me
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Free Free palastine❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
War mongers
Before this there were these upside down men in the time of Noah. Now again. Remember... the same God is still in control.
Israel is heavily reliant on US support.
Hisbullah has no balls they just act like there on stage theatre
2006? You may want to educat yourself?
Stay off the crack my friend
Stay off the crack pipe 😂
America also more advantage on Afganistan but in the end world know very well.
Hezbollah can poses whatever weapons they want, even nukes id they want to. The fact remain the same: Isreal is going no where.
Israel is going to wake up and smell the coffee. The power has shifted and the table has turned. A conflict with Hisbollah will ruin Israel’s economy which is already in the red. Many countries are cutting their diplomatic relations with Israel. Not good.
Is that why so many Js ran to europe and usa during the war 😂😂
Israel is not going anywhere that is fact
@@djwhyme24jamicabadass94 that's not what humanity wants. Palestinians deserve to leave freely like you do
@@djwhyme24jamicabadass94wouldn’t be so sure about that!
You do know you can Google map Haifa port right? 😂
Yeh he knows that google take pictures after Israel authorities' permission,not with a freaken drone from the guys that attacking the north with heavy missiles
You dont know the difference between a drone being in their city and then a Google picture? 😂 you guys are not too bright
@@mitnrkan9061 no they are not 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Iron dome returns to worship Allah Almighty, the Lord of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Mohammad(sa) pbua.
Every creation except human and jinn must whorship Allah and do.
Well said free Palestine
After Hamas then Hisbollah.
If they dare.
@@SA-hy6nw They will, boy.
Maybe this years. But surely next year when Trump is President. And then on to Iran!!
@@carrerau7138 Boy? You sure do a lot of assuming. And wishful thinking.
Embarrassing Israel
"Israel's military advantage over Hezbollah and Hamas is no longer the same" Sinwar, Deif and Nasrallah should kindly make a month long public appearance to proof that is the case please....
Dear Mzlms , Quit Ezy-laam Save Humanity Save your family
Munafiqin Arabs wake from your golden beds , stop dreaming, what will remain is the power of Allah . Join forces with Iran Lebanon Yemen, forget your differences, unite with similarities. La Illah illaha. Mohamadan Rasullah. Save the Ummah. Save Gaza
Then stop calling them munafiqun or traitors
Lead by example, why are u not going to gaza and fighting with them?
I am a retired old Muslim. Like Zionist Israeli IDF calling young Jews to Israel , brain washing them and making them fight for their political gains and wiping out morality from their minds, Hamas does not call u us to fight for them physically, but to support them in prayer and financial support for their existence. But The Munafiqin Arab leaders have a different role to play. So do we. We should learn to exit together on this short journey of life.
@@user-wq9eg3nm4cthey are traitors because so far they just turned blind eye to people of Gaza & not done as much required from these rich Arab states. Look at Yemeni Shias, Hezbollah, iran
Why show off your abilities to your enemy. 😂😂😂😂
To snd a msj to the enemy that there are no very strong
Coz they are not terrorists
because jionest does not have one, "pls america help us"
Propaganda
Uh, deterrence? Also not being indiscriminate k***ers like a certain entity?
Allah acber Allah acber Layeelaaha illallagu Allahu akbar Haja Palesteen makkallukku irakkam kattu Rabbe Haja Palesteen makkalai kakkanum Rahmanae vassalam
Allah said he couldn't handle the Iron Dome.
So where is this "advantage"?.... Through a surveillance drone video? Seriously?..... Aljezeera, please....
its humiliating for the israeli govt that a drone can fly and showing targets. israel isnt that safe as netani thinks and now it is less safe than ever.
you cannot make israel more safe in refusing equal rights to the neighbour. this wont end like netani and its far right govt and settlers are trying drive forwards.
Aljazeera is one of the cause of crisis in arabic land, we all no the role they play in libya, if they continue to hype hezbolla to war, lebanon will be completely be destroyed as libya.
@@orientalgirl8926 What's humiliating is that Hezbollah boasts of having this footage of Israeli sites, yet , after firing over 10,000 rockets at Israel since October 7th and KNOWINGLY where those sites are, they have yet to make a dent in the Israeli defense systems 😂
@@kevinn.1746sounds like you’re trying really hard to convince yourself.